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Dangerous Work: The Memoir of Private George Weeks of the Labour Corps 1917-1919
Alan Weeks
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Description for Dangerous Work: The Memoir of Private George Weeks of the Labour Corps 1917-1919
Paperback. Editor(s): Weeks, Alan. Num Pages: 144 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
British military labour during the First World War developed from an ad hoc arrangement in 1914 into a corps some 400,000 strong, supported by as many as a million dominion and foreign workers by 1918. Records of this contribution to victory are extremely rare. George Weeks wrote down his experience on squares of wallpaper – always a practical man. And what a record it is. The Somme, Passchendaele and the Messines Ridge all feature in George’s calm description of his extraordinary experiences. He camped in ‘the vast graveyard of Cambrai’, he cut down an entire forest for duckboards, and he ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750956673
SKU
V9780750956673
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99-50
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